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Take Me to Your Leader: Walter Baumgarten is the current mayor of Bethlehem Township

Take Me to Your Leader: Walter Baumgarten is the current mayor of Bethlehem Township
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More lawmakers push back on NJ spending millions to stop falling rocks on highways

More lawmakers push back on NJ spending millions to stop falling rocks on highways Replay Video UP NEXT For years, mayors and concerned residents in a rural section of northwest New Jersey were the lone voices in their fight against the New Jersey Department of Transportation and its controversial rockfall mitigation project on one of their major roadways. Now, a groundswell of voices has emerged about the DOT s rockfall projects planned around the state. Bills have recently appeared on the state Legislature docket requesting that rockfall plans be paused, and a U.S. congressman is seeking an independent federal review of one project. Residents and mayors in other townships and even in Pennsylvania are organizing to get more involved and gather information about these questionable and costly rockfall projects being pursued by the DOT.

Local officials say they re left out of NJ DOT rockfall plans

NorthJersey.com Bethlehem Mayor Walter Baumgarten was unaware of a $46 million state transportation project to excavate a jagged rockscape on Route 78 until August less than two months before construction was scheduled to begin. Actually, he wasn t aware that rockfall was an issue, Baumgarten told the NorthJersey.com reporter who informed him of the project. “Nobody seems to be aware of falling rocks being a problem, so why are they doing it?” Baumgarten said. “If there’s any ice on the road we’ll have daily accidents, or they’ll hit the occasional bear over there, but again, that has nothing to do with the rocks.

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